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LEDs in LCDs

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Flat and thin LCD monitors have supplanted older, big-bellied
CRTs and are now the default desktop display technology for newly
sold computers. It's no secret why. They win on ?cool?
alone, but they also afford significant and practical savings on
physical desk space. Less flicker is easier on the eyes, and high
native resolutions produce nice, sharp computer text and graphics.
Yet, as color professionals know, LCDs just can't match the color
range of those old CRTs.

That, however, is not necessarily a limitation of LCD
technology. A new technological approach to LCDs proves that flat
panels can indeed achieve a wide color gamut.

NEC's LCD2180WG-LED takes this new approach. The result is a
color gamut that is 103 percent that of NTSC and 107 percent that
of Adobe RGB.

The primary difference between the LCD2180WG-LED and just about
any other LCD monitor on the market is not the 21in. LCD panel.
Indeed, the LCD technology used here is a fairly straightforward,
1600×1200-resolution panel. However, instead of a typical
defused fluorescent backlight to produce the light that shines
through the panel and past those liquid crystals, NEC is using two
strips of arrayed red, green, and blue LEDs (light emitting
diodes).

Of course, at $6,749.99, this is no ordinary, off-the-shelf LCD
monitor. At this point, the screen is geared toward a fairly
specific audience. But if you're in that audience ? a
colorist, product designer, graphic artist, or member of another
field where seeing true colors is critical ? the
LCD2180WG-LED might be exactly what you should be looking at
today.